Curtain-pole



J.P.YARNALL.

(No Model.)

CURTAIN POLE.

Patented Apr. '7,

2777/7 yor/70H.;

NITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CURTAIN-PO LE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,932, dated April 7,1896. Application filed September 26, 1895. Serial No. 563,758. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. YARNALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair .and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain-poles for hanginglace-curtains, portires, and the like; and the object that I have inview is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction which willsuspend the curtain and enable it to be draped or folded withoutresorting to the use of sliding rings and hooks to connect the curtainto the rings.

To the accomplishment of these ends, my invention consists of the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

To enable others to understand my invention, I have illustrated thepreferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of thisspecificatiom and in which- Figure l is a perspective viewof my improved curtainpole. Fig. 2 is a vertical 1ongitudinal sectionalview thereof, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view on theplane indicated by the dotted line :c a: of Fig. 2. Figf 4 is a detailperspective view of the solid member or section of the .pole with theretainers attached thereto. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view ofthe grooved member of the curtain-pole.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawings.

The curtain-pole A is preferably made, asV usual, from a round bar ofwood or metal,V but instead of making the pole inone solid piece Idivide it longitudinally along its central line to form two sections ormembers B C, each having a flat inner face. (Indicated at b c,respectively.)

One member, B, of the pole is provided with a longitudinal centralgroove d in its fiat face b, while the other member, C, is left solidand intact.

The retainers E F are fastened to the flat face c of the solid sectionO, and these retainers are arranged longitudinally along the center ofthe flat face of said section C in order that the retainers may projectup into and be received within the groove d of section E when thesections are arranged with their flat faces in contact with each other.

A Each retainer is preferably made from a single piece of wire, which isbent at right angles to form the short prong e and the long 4clampingarmf. The retainer is fastened to the section C of the pole by driving itsshort prong e into the wood, when the pole is made of that material; butif the pole is made of metal the retainer may be fastened by screwing itinto the section C or by any other preferred mode of attachment. Thelong arm f of each retainer lies close to the flat face c of thesection, and beneath this may be fitted the folded or creased part of acurtain, te Certain of these retainers E extend in one direction, whileother retainers F extend in opposite directions from the points wheretheir Shanks e are fastened to the section C. Thus in Fig. 5 I haveshown the second and fourth retainers from the left extending toward the`right and the third and fifth retainers eX- tending toward the left,thus arranging the retainers in pairs, of which pairs two retainersextend toward each other. This arrangement of the retainers extending inopposite directions is advantageous,because the folded or creased partsof a draped curtain are held from pulling out of place when the curtainis blown by the wind or pulled by the hand.

In ad justing a curtain to my improved cur tain-pole it is folded orcreased and the folded parts are slipped beneath the retainers. One foldis slipped beneath the retainer E, another fold is slipped beneath theoppositelyextending retainer F, and so on throughout the length of thesection C, after which the section B is tted upon the section O, so thatthe retainers are received in the groove d of section B and the curtainis clamped and held between the flat faces of the two sections B C. Thesections are held securely together by means of the caps G G, which areslipped on the ends of the pole A, so as to embrace the two sections B Cand hold them together from endwise or turning movement on each other.

The caps G may be `in the shape of orna- IOO mental end pieces and thepole may be oireular or any other shape in cross-section. The pole maybe made of Wood, metal, or other preferred material.

Having thus fully deseribed my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a divided curtainpole, one member of which has alongitudinal groove in the inner face thereof, of the retainers E, F,each having an attaching-shank e and the long pin f, which pin extendslongitudinally of the pole, parallel to the fiat inner face of theungrooved pole member, and fits in the groove of the other pole member,for the purposes described, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination With a divided Curtainpole, one member of which has agroove in its inner face, of the retainers E, F, arranged in pairs byhaving the shanks e at opposite ends of each two adjacent retainersfastened to the ungrooved pole member A and with their long straightpins f extending longitudinally of the pole Within the groove d of thepole member B, the adjacent ends of the longitudinal pins f of each pairof retainers being free and unattaehed to either pole member, for thepurposes described, substan tially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OIIN F. YARNALL. Titnesses E. M. JONES, W. C. I-IoAR.

